Hanno Möttölä
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| Position | Power forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 247 lb (112 kg) |
| League | A1 Ethniki/Euroleague |
| Team | Aris |
| Number | 13 |
| Born | September 9, 1976 Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| College | Utah |
| Draft | 2nd round, 40th overall, 2000 Atlanta Hawks |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | Atlanta Hawks (2000–02) TAU Cerámica (2002–03) Skipper Bologna (2003–04) Scavolini Pesaro (2004–05) Dynamo Moscow (2005–06) Žalgiris Kaunas (2006–2007) |
Hanno Möttölä (born September 9, 1976 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional basketball player at the power forward position, who previously played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. Möttölä was the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.
Möttölä attended the University of Utah in the US. He was selected in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He would play two seasons with the Hawks. After his time with the Hawks, he returned to Europe, playing in Spain with TAU Cerámica of the ACB, then in Italy with Skipper Bologna (2003-2004, reached the Italian Championship finals and Euroleague final) and Scavolini Pesaro (2004-2005), in the Russian Basketball Super League with Dynamo Moscow and in the Lithuanian League with Žalgiris Kaunas. Currently he is playing in the Greek A1 League with Aris BC, after signing with the team on July 26, 2007.[1]
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